Linstock

[davec2]

I recently made a fancy linstock for a 4th of July cannon shoot.  Here are the parts and the assembled linstock:

Here is the linstock in use:

 

[Poor Private]

Wow, just wow. Are all the components store bought or did you make the pieces yourself?

 

[davec2]

Poor Private,

Nothing store bought. All the parts are custom made in my shop.

 

[Patocazador]

It seems too pretty to actually mess it up with a sooty wick. :wink:

 

[George]

Were the originals made like that?

Spence

 

[davec2]

Spense,

No. I've never seen an original that looked anything like this one. Just fun for me to do.

 

[George]

I didn't ask that question very well, sorry. It seems obvious they weren't that fancy and well crafted. What I was curious about was whether they were functionally similar to that, with the match threaded through two keepers for control.

Your craftsmanship is really impressive.

Spence

 

[davec2]

Spense,

I have seen several pictures of originals and they were made all different ways. All had some sort of keeper on the lit end. Some had additional keepers or were enclosed in metal tubes to keep the match from getting wet. Most were just a simple wood stick with a cross hole in one end and the rest of the match wound around the shaft and knotted to keep the unlit end in place.

 

[Wes/Tex]

Here's a page with both new and old. Though many old ones had a clip or screw type lock for the slow match, didn't notice any with double locks for a single piece of match.
https://www.google.com/search?q=li...cIoHksAS1z4HYDA&ved=0CBwQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=667